CVE-2016-7969
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7969
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7969.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-7969
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-03-03T16:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-15T08:25:42.586491Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
The wraplinessmart function in ass_render.c in libass before 0.13.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors, related to "0/3 line wrapping equalization."
- References
-
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00068.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93358
- https://github.com/libass/libass/commit/f4f48950788b91c6a30029cc28a240b834713ea7
- https://github.com/libass/libass/releases/tag/0.13.4
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-25
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381960
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KW6DNERYHPI5Y6SQYU3XKTVSCOWMIHUC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R7JJ2SGVOX6UQQIRMVC3QACJLKHE2PYN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUOUOK3VULMMZTNSCRFCNPDAPDWAVK7X/
Affected packages
Git / github.com/libass/libass
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/libass/libass
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedFixed
Affected versions
0.*
0.10.0
0.10.1
0.10.2
0.11.0
0.11.1
0.11.2
0.12.0
0.12.1
0.12.2
0.12.3
0.13.0
0.13.1
0.13.2
0.13.3
0.9.10
0.9.11
0.9.12
0.9.7
0.9.8
0.9.9
Database specific
vanir_signatures
[
{
"signature_version": "v1",
"target": {
"function": "wrap_lines_smart",
"file": "libass/ass_render.c"
},
"id": "CVE-2016-7969-4e1985b9",
"source": "https://github.com/libass/libass/commit/f4f48950788b91c6a30029cc28a240b834713ea7",
"digest": {
"function_hash": "51762142420342031960033178136166488581",
"length": 3562.0
},
"deprecated": false,
"signature_type": "Function"
},
{
"signature_version": "v1",
"target": {
"file": "libass/ass_render.c"
},
"id": "CVE-2016-7969-6cbe8aa7",
"source": "https://github.com/libass/libass/commit/f4f48950788b91c6a30029cc28a240b834713ea7",
"digest": {
"threshold": 0.9,
"line_hashes": [
"71668818312444884182579424001384264623",
"153709568892301489054239187538722912346",
"249660998431858653011787501624001113437",
"267991441071277646004286811666452386671"
]
},
"deprecated": false,
"signature_type": "Line"
}
]